November 22, 1995 Earthquake: Nuwaybi, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Egypt

November 22, 1995, 04 15 11.9 UTC, 28.826 N, 34.799 E, depth 10 km, magnitude 6.2 mb, 7.3 MS, 7.2 Mw (HRV). At least eight people killed and 30 injured in the epicentral region including two killed and 11 injured at Nuwaybi. Damage occurred in many parts of northeastern Egypt as far away as Cairo. One person was killed and two slightly injured at Al Bad, Saudi Arabia. Some damage occurred at Al Bad, Al Ula and Haql, Saudi Arabia. One person died of a heart attack, several people were injured and substantial damage, power outages and liquefaction occurred at Elat, Israel. Some damage also occurred at Jerusalem, Israel and Aqaba, Jordan. Felt from Sudan to Lebanon. Felt at Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq. Also felt by people in high-rise buildings at Limassol and Nicosia, Cyprus. Possible tsunami observed at Aqaba, Jordan.

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The 22 November 1995 Mw 7.2 (ML 6.2) Nuweiba earthquake was the culmination of a decade of intense seismic activity in the GOE. The earthquake was the strongest in modern times along the DST and possessed a clear left-lateral motion (e.g., Salamon et al., 2003; Baer et al., 2008, and references therein). The earthquake struck at 06:18 in the morning (local time), damaged nearby settlements, and resulted in at least 11 casualties and 47 injuries. It was felt as far as ∼600 km around the Gulf (Al-Tarazi, 2000). The mainshock epicenter was located between Nuweiba and Dahab (Fig. 1; Table 1), along the Aragonese segment of the DST, at an approximate depth of 15 km (Baer et al., 2008), and was followed by an intense sequence of felt aftershocks (e.g., Hofstetter et al., 2003). (reference #12450)